Being there, done that — I have personally made many mistakes during my career. Does that qualify me to give advice? I am not sure. Nevertheless, as a cautionary tale, I can list some mistakes that you potentially want to avoid if you can recognize them. Mistake 1: Going against the flow If you can identify themes and ride them, it…

If you meet more than two of these :) — You throw around the names of famous actual experts often For example, mention how you met Troy Hunt, Bruce Schneier, Brian Krebs, Dan Kaminsky, etc. Also claim that their long exchanges online with anonymous commenters are, for real, yours Bonus: Mention someone who is not as well known like Ross Mayfield to make your audience feel that you know more…

Author unknown to me — (I am not the author, collected from Internet, tried to ascertain authorship unsuccesfully) There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. …

Analog solutions may come to the rescue of the digital problems — Analog computers can fulfil complex tasks normally reserved this days for digital computers, and because of the way they operate they are far less sensitive to hacking attacks. If you have a critical operation, this old technology is way to go either as primary or seconday source of monitoring, control…

It brings clarity! — The Toyota Five Whys is a problem-solving technique used to identify the root cause of a problem. The technique was developed by Toyota Motor Corporation to help identify and eliminate sources of defects and other problems that may arise in their production process. The technique involves repeatedly asking “why” in…

It turns out I was wrong all along — I have been a critic of risk assessment methods for a long time, against the prevalent thought among cybersecurity management professionals. It seems those who disagreed with me are right, and I was wrong. Let me explain: I was worried having too many methods, and an increasing number of them…

Let your access control skills blosom — The work of administrators of many commercial applications is daunting. When you combine hundreds of user accounts, dozens of roles, hundreds of permissions and an unstoppable wave of changes including starters, leavers and periodic company reorganizations, the work just never ends. The Administrator in RBAC life RBAC is a long standing model that is proven…

It’s all about trust — We are in the middle of a crisis in the DeFi / Cryptocurrencies / Blockchain world. Valuation of crypto assets including NFTs are low, there is a string of scandals and hacks, and the real world applications still seem scarce. The crisis itself does not matter. The technology is here…